Improvement in animal traps



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n SAMUEL ARNOLD,Y or SILVEESPEINSS, TENNESSEE.

Letters Patent-.N 105,88()` dated August 2, 1870.-

`The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the same.

To all who-m. it may concimi.`

3Be it known thatfLSAMUEL" ARNOLD, of Silver Springs,in Vthe county of Wilsonand State of Ten-l nessee, `have nventeda new and useful Improvement in Anim.lTraps; 'and I do `hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable othersVv skilled in the art to make and use t-he same, reference being had to the accomf panying drawing forming part ofthis specification.

"This invention `relates to an improvement in traps foi-catching rats and other animals, and consists in the construction, arrangementfand combination of pal-ts, as hereinafter described. l In'theannexed drawing- Figurel' represents'a vertical sectionl 'of the trap, on the line :v :c of iig. 2.

Figure 2 is a horizontal section'looking down from thelineyyofgl. `.Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding 'parts.; y A is 'the `platforrnioor 'or bottom of the trap.

` 1B is the box (its underside open) which is raised when the trap is set, and'drops onto 'the bottom when the trap is sprung, `thussecuring the animal. y The box is guided up and down by means of grooved .l pieces C 'on its sides, `which work on uprightbars D l D and E E, attached to the bottom,'as lseen in the drawing. r l `The nprights D D extend up above the top ofthe box and support across-piece, F, by lmeans ofwhich `the box is suspended when thetrap is set. t l G is a pulley which revolves on pivots in ears H, on the cross .piece F. The? pulley Gris over the center ofthe box.

stands I I, (attached to the bottom) is another pulley,

r .K is an endless chain which passesj arouudthese pulleys. l

L represents the setting wires in the pulley J,

l l 'chain K passes down from the upper pulley,-through .amortise iu the box, as seen at N, and one parl;V of

"Directly below,` andrevolving on pivots in Vthe l l which project fromthe pulley, as seen in 'g. 1. The

P is the pan of the trap' which isl pivote-d to `the stands I'I, by means of' the projecting armsg q. It is a stand on the pan, with wires S in its top end, upon which-the bait is placed. The back portion yof the pau P is .prevented from rising by the hook T.

'U is 4a rod which is attached tothe back portion' of theA pan, and extends up through the trap, by means of which the pan-.is raised up to the hook T, for setting .the trap.

f On the top of the panthere is a thin metallic plate,

which projects slightly, as seen at V, with which one ofthe wires L engages, to hold up the pan in the position seen iu fig. 1.

. It will be seen that the weight of the box -hangs' upon one part of the chain, which gives'. the chain a tendency to revolve on the pulleys. This tendency causes the wire L to bear upward against the projecting edge of the plate V, but the' leverage is so slight that a small weight will depress the fan,` which will cause the wire L to slip from the plate V, when the box' will fall. The animal, in its elortsto get the bait, will in this manner spring the trap and be caught in the act. f

The box' B may be lnadeof wood or metal, or of the two combined,.as represented.

4X isfawirc drop-door in the side of tl1e`box,by

means of which the trap may be used when the boxis down upon the bottom. Y represents wire grating-iu the sides of the box. h isa loop or handle for raising the box in setting the trap. r

Having thus describedy my invention,

,1 -claim as new and desireto secure by Letters Pateut- The floor or bottom-A, with its nprights and the cross-piece which they support, box B, 'with its grooves which work upon the 'uprights, pulleys G and J, chain K, aud'pan P, when the same are constructed and arranged to operate in combination, substantially as specified, and for the purpose described.

l SAMUEL ARNOLD.

Witnesses:

vF. P. Ross,

J. 'W'. WILLIAMS. 

